yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] jimbonics:
A couple of things:

It will not back up anything on your SD card, just your phone.

If you have your phone connected to an Exchange server, it will not back up contacts, calendar, inbox, or tasks.

Then you simply log into your live, hotmail, or msn account at http://myphone.microsoft.com

You should see texts and pics and such, unless you have your camera set to save pics on the sd card.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
nice!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] The Rubenator:
Thanks for the opinion:)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] driguez:
Haha nice!!!!!!! Rocking it now :D
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tilt4life2:
Just got my Aria today and I have a few questions I was hoping that people can answer. This is my first Android phone so be patient please.

1. My goal is to remove the ATT crapware and be able to sideload apps. However, I am not sure how stable the LiberatedRom. So is there a way to do that as I wait for a more stable rom?

2. What method of installing custom roms is better? I feel like us android noobs need a wiki for android b/c I have been following the Aria forum since it started and read everything, but I am still very confused.

3. Can you brick your phone rooting? Or is it not as dangerous as flashing a rom on an WinMo?

4. For those that have used LiberateRom, how stable is it?

Thanks for all the help and I have a few more questions, but I forgot them b/c I am excited about this phone. Ill add them once I remember them.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg465x:
I've been using Liberated for nearly three weeks and it's been perfectly stable. I'm currently using B003 though. Can't speak for the newer betas.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ocswing:
Please take a look at the threads in the Aria Development forum as it would have the answers to most of these questions.

That being said the Liberated ROM is the stock ROM with root and busybox added, but the crapware has been removed. There are no changes to the ROM itself.

I haven't heard anyone bricking their Aria yet, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible. Always follow the instructions posted for flashing. Right now the Unrevoked tool is probably the best way to flash new ROMS though.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thundervore:
Ive been using the Boo3 for a few weeks now and its great because all the ATT crap was removed. It never messed up on me.

The hardest part for flashing this rom is getting into clockwork recovery to flash it. But once you do and you flash you will have root, then you can install ROM manager from the market and reboot into clockwork at any time easily to flash any ROM you want. Did i mention It gives you ROOT :D

You can always return to stock at any time by installing the original ROM from HTC site.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tilt4life2:
Can you explain the concept of root?

I am sorry if that is a super-noob question, but I like learning stuff. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churapa:
Rooting a phone simply means giving it Administrative rights. An unrooted (stock) phone is like having a guest account. With a rooted phone, you can do almost anything; flash custom roms, make a nandroid, permenantly remove unwanted apps.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AzNnYx:
Just got my Aria about a week ago and researched and rooted it with attn1's Liberated b003 in less than 24 hours, haha. I'm a total android noob myself ;)
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tilt4life2:
Thanks for that explanation. A few more questions:

1. I am still using my Tilt as my phone until the skin and screen protector for my Aria arrive so I don't have any relevant data on there. Would a Nandroid backup still be necessary?

2. What is the proper way to shut down applications? I couldn't do it for the life of me so I downloaded Advanced Task Killer from the market which was great.

3. Can you access Market without entering your Google account info? The reason I ask is that initial in put in my info and it copied all my Gmail contacts to the phone which I didn't want.

4. I am assuming if you sideload apps you can choose to install in on an SD, but is there anyway to install Market apps to sd?
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oahceasgnikgneas:
A nandroid backup is used to restore your phone as it is. If you haven't got any data on it then making a nandroid backup sort of defeats the purpose I think. Also, you need to already have root and clockwork if you want to make a nandroid backup [I think] so it is not as if you even could create a backup prior to rooting.

It basically depends upon the application. Some have the ability to quit when you select the menu button, while others continue to run in the background.

You can selectively kill apps by going to "running services" found under the "applications" setting on the phone. No app required.

I think you must sign into your google account to use market.

However, in "accounts and sync" under the phone's settings there is an option to disable contact syncing for your google account.

Or, you could just create a new google account with no contacts and log in using that.

I think whether or not you can install apps to the SD card depends upon the app, not how you install it

From what I remember Android 2.2 will have native apps to SD support but it will be up to the specific developer to enable this feature on their app.

Check the forums, as there is(are) definitely a thread or two discussing installation of apps to the SD card.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tilt4life2:
Thanks for the clarification again. I actually understand Android things now.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notec:
Installing a new ROM on the Aria

How do you get into the "command prompts" on the Aria (after installing unrevoked 3) so you can install a new ROM on the device?
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpbklake:
Search is your best friend on the forum. The instructions for installing a new ROM on a rooted machine has been covered on many threads.

Regards,

Tom
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilliano:
Screen hardness test guy here again.

I'm thinking about trying out that old trick for the Touch Pro 2 using RIT dye to color my Eris.

It's the same stuff, so I figure it'll work in terms of dying, but....

The Eris is black as all hell.

Does anyone think the RIT dye remover will work to lighten the Eris so I can experiment with other colors?

In return for any help, I'll post a well illustrated guide for you guys so that you might follow in my footsteps and customize your color.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adorablepuppy:
I don't know, but at a few bucks a shot, it couldn't hurt, right?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lemcott:
RIT dye is just.. you will have a TOUGH time dying something as dark as the eris.

actually... now that I look at it, the eris is pretty light, it's actually more of a gray... out of the box you should be able to tint it pretty well, give it a nice sheen of color, but i mean... your not going to make the thing bright green or anything like that, without doing something drastic you'd be able to tint pretty well.

as far as lightening something goes... I have never done it. I do a lot of professional modding for gadgets and game consoles and pc's, if I ever do a costume color I buy a white case first and die that to replace the stock black case on whatever it is (I did this for some original x-box and the PS3's). the only time I've died something black was the plastic shell of a guitar amp, and it was a pretty light gray. t came out nice looking, but a little darker then what the costumer wanted.

oh and "RIT dye remover"... it wont work on plastic. the dye in plastic is bonded to it on a molecular level, you would have to find something a LOT more powerful.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zilliano:
Royal Blue RIT dye basically just removed the sparkles, MAYBE added a slight blue tint, but not really.

Also, my cover warped and I can't get it to go on correctly. :V

Don't try this at home, kids. Ever.

Guess I've got even more reason to save up for another phone now.

Too bad I have no money.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bhonka:
During voice calls the earphone speaker seems to sound really muddy to me. So much that I cannot understand what the person on the other end is saying if there is a bit of ambient noise around me.

Compared to my 3G iphone it's terrible.

Anyone else experience this or know if the sound through the earpiece can be tweaked?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shawn_pro:
Hey even i have the same problem. Got my SGS today and iam loving the phone in all of its bits. Excelleny phone but little tiny bugs and issues here and there. hope firmwares and froyo can make a vast difference in the experience. I dont think they can increase earpiece volume with any firmwares.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] peterfz30:
earphone and speaker quality

I also am having trouble. The speaker sound is "muddy" or muffled. People I call on the Galaxy complain that I am difficult to understand. I don't have any of these problems on my iPhone 3G, it is much clearer.

The headphones are of poor quality and are the ear canal type which I don't like at all as they don't hold in the ear. The ear bud type of headphone are much better (like iPhone) but are not available from Samsung and I have been unable to find or purchase any other brands that work satisfactorily.

A phone is primarily about voice communication and this is where the Samsung Galaxy s i9000 fails and is disappointing. Everything else about the phone is quite good.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oswade:
I find the earphones to be decent quality (ipod/iphone earpieces suck!!!).

However I do have also have the voice calls problem. It is a little difficult hearing people on the other side, however they don't seem to have any trouble hearing me.

Maybe we can use one of the "secret" menus in the phone to increase the speaker volume? I haven't looked yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pika007:
2G/3G?

When i'm on 3G networks, i get ok sound, sounds a bit muffled, but nothing serious.

When forcing 2G, i get very clear sound with sifficient volume.

I can at least say it's not a hardware problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] peterfz30:
Muddy sound

The headphones do sound ok, the problem that I find is that they will not stay inserted in the ear and block most other sounds hence why I prefer the ear bud types but I guess this is a personal choice. Unfortunately, the choice of headphone is not apparent until the box seal is broken by which time you have agreed to the carrier's contract by breaking such seal. As Samsung have there own headphone socket and impedance design, other manufacturers headphones are not suitable.

The muddy audio is not so much a level problem but a frequency problem. When holding the phone to my ear, the sound lacks some higher frequencies and hence sounds muffled or muddy if you like. Clearly, others are having similar issues. This should be easily fixed by Samsung and perhaps a control to do so would be ideal then it could be adjusted to suit all users.

When I talk to other people on the phone, they complain that I am hard to understand - again the audio is muffled and a little distorted. This should also be easily fixable.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
I feel the same too, comparing it with my iphone 3gs and 3g. Another thing that I'm trying to get used to is the inability to control music fully without having to turn on the screen. On my jailbroken iphone I'm able to use either the standard headset to pause, play, forward, backward, volume up, volume down without touching the phone itself. Alternatively I can do all these actions with only the phones volume buttons alone. I usually connect my phone via the 3.5 mm audio jack to external speakers before I sleep and this feature on my jail broken iphone let's me fully control the music without having to turn on and look at the screen. I also miss my music videos which can be combined with the audio musics in the same playlist and played with the screen switched off. I also miss the fine increment in volume level of iphone, where I can have the exactly volume I want.

I'm also experiencing pauses and skips in music playing.

Viewing pictures and movies is a far better experience on SGS though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SilverWings:
I have a whole different problem with regards to the stock earphones. When I listen to music (via Music Player) and have my headphones plugged in, it does not seem to deactivate the external speaker. So I hear the music coming from the external speaker and the earphones. And the sound quality coming from the earphones is just horrible. I've tested this with a number of different earphones. I've also tested this with TuneWiki and get the same results.

I'm using the latest firmware JG5.

Anyone else having this issue as well?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Could it be some design and or manufacturing flaw in the phone jack itself? I find it difficult to fully push the plug kind in to get complete sound. Sometime I get sound from one side only. When trying to push all the way in the music stops saying that the earphone was unplugged.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bhonka:
Ok looks like I worked out how to get rid of the "muddy" sound coming from the handset.

Enter service mode

*#197328640#

Tap [5] Audio

Tap [1] Handset

Tap [9] Diamond Solution

Tap [3] Voice Booster (mine was off)

Tap [1] , press Menu, Enter "1" as value(without "").

Tap [2] hpf_cutoff

Now you can enter anything from 1-8, 1 will sound bassy/muddy and 8 will sound clearer but a tad harsh depending on your hearing. Experiment with whatever suits you, every speaker may be different. I assume hpf stands for high pass filter.

Now if you want even more volume during a call you can change the [5]limit level to a lower value. Mine was on 21 at default. I've set it to 12 for now.

To exit the menu just press Menu then tap end.

My default values were.

[1] off

[2] 8

[3] 8192

[4] 6

[5] 12

Let me know if yours were different.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] peterfz30:
Thank you for that info. Fortunately, Optus have eventually agreed that my phone was faulty and I am waiting for it to be fixed or replaced. The info you have supplied may be useful for some fine tuning if required.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fireloon:
Is there anyway to boost the speaker volume in those settings?

Tried to find one but tbh I didn't have a clue what all the settings in the speaker menu were:p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
my suggestion switch to bluetooth, there is always a degree of issues related to wired earbuds / headphones / headsets
[Vibrant General] mill3000:
I love HTC Sense but I like the hummingbird processor in this phone. It seems to be 2X or more faster (video card) which is because the snapdragon processor has an old dated video processor built into it. Whats the chances? I currently have a G1 which is old and a fat bastard and would like to upgrade. I have a custom rom on the G1 and it's great how all the people still support it with the great roms. I guess I'm hoping they support this phone as well. This is T-Mo's best phone and probably will be for a while. Thanks!
[Vibrant General] dashed:
nope, aint gonna happen. We are lucky devs can get sense running stable on non-sense HTC devices.
[Vibrant General] turtleman13:
they will prolly give us a 2.1 sense port soon but 2.2 will take some time
[Vibrant General] sombionix:
Sense is garbage, and you won't see any reputable dev such as Cyanogen using it in their rom's for legality reasons. It's heavy on the CPU and bogs the phone down.

Also, this thread shouldn't be in the dev section.
[Vibrant General] Shagman68:
Sounds like a developer type of question to me...
[Vibrant General] BigWorldJust:
I am sure there will definitely be a 2.1 ROM with Sense UI.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Yeah, it probably just won't be any good like usual. If you want Sense get a HTC phone with it.
[Vibrant General] kusotare:
Standard protocol for XDA forums is that questions go in the general forum. The development forum is for roms, mods, patches, etc. Not questions about them.
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
Just wait on the offical.

At least that is what i am doing. I dont want to mess up my $600 investment heh
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
Invisible Lockscreen Theme

Link has been removed since ppl are having issues. I'll create a patch file, when I get a chance.

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] neotericpiguy:
Really cool! But I lost the ability to start htc albums. This problem might not be related. I'm on jager rom 1.7.4.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] x1208x:
any reason why the file is 18 mb? thats pretty big just to edit the curved thing on the lock screen. lol
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
Its that size because I didn't make a patch file. If I do that it may cause boot loops. I also removed the gps bullseye.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
I'll add that Rom to my list.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] bonzai299:
How do you unlock it? And when you say it removes the gps bullseye you mean in the status bar, right? And for good?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
Slide down to unlock. And yes, for good but, when your gps is on you still see this icon.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] bonzai299:
Awesome, awaiting the release of the skyraider version. :D
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] -Michael_:
Fantastic I like it, would you be able to port the eclair slide to unlock / slide to mute one over?

Thanks in advance.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] x1208x:
MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP BEFORE YOU INSTALL THIS!

I'm getting tons of HTC Sense FC's immediately after installing this.

and wow.

held power botton to power down and it just turned off the screen. tried twice.

third time caused a forced reboot.

and again another forced reboot.

now in a boot loop!!!!

running stock rom with UC Kernel.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] -Michael_:
It caused my Sense email app to crash everytime I tried to open it.

Nand Restored......
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] neotericpiguy:
It is functional on jager rom, but many of my apps don't open and just fc. I'm not sure if it is safe to say that it runs on jager rom yet.

I'm willing to test any new releases you may have in the future because this is just the change I've been looking for on my phone.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] x1208x:
how is it functional if most of your apps don't work? lol
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
Post a link to the Rom your using and I'll take a look.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] x1208x:
I love how you just completely ignore everyone else's problems.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] neotericpiguy:
The transparent lockscreen unlocks the phone when I swipe down on it.

I think it just causes instability with the other apps.
[Captivate General] Panduh:
Well I have read numerous sources saying it will be 199.99 with 2 Year Contract.. Now I am seeing receipts for 149.99 with contract or 299.99 without contract. I truly want this phone and the 50$ wont stop me, but hey it is 50$ more dollars for apps and accessories. Does anyone know if they price was changed or if I should bring in a picture of the receipts to get a 50$ off or will I just end up paying 200$?
[Captivate General] madjsp:
AT&T and Samsung posted on their twitter that it is $199 with a contract, and $350 without a contract.

I'm hoping it is $350, cause that's how much money i got for it! haha.
[Captivate General] Panduh:
Yah, but how are people getting it for 300 or 150?
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I have no idea. I haven't seen any receipts and such.
[Captivate General] Panduh:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/576/receiptn.jpg

and

http://imgur.com/EYdsN.jpg
[Captivate General] madjsp:
Now I'm jealous. I hope it is $300 but i'll settle for $350!
[Captivate General] Panduh:
haha yah I mean, paying an extra 50 really won't stop me. But hey, thats 50$'s I can use on accessories etc
[Captivate General] AllTheWay:
I guarantee that it's 349.99 without a contract and 199.99 with a 2 year contract.

The people that are getting 50 or 100 dollars off the prices of the phone is because of the AT&T upgrade advantage.

http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/upgrade-advantage.jsp

If the primary line on your account is over $100 then that line will be upgrade eligible every year.
[Captivate General] chakra:
I believe they have three ways of paying.

1. upgrade elligable its $199 with a 2 year contract and USE your elligability.

2. Not elligable for an upgrade its $350. with a 2 year extension on your contract but not using your future upgrade.

3. No contract $499.

I just called and thats what two local stores told me.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I was just told 500 off contract from an AT&T store.
[Captivate General] ihtanni:
Woa, that'd be completely new for att. I've never seen any signs or ads anywhere for previous phones that describe option 2, always just 1 or 3 (renew your contract or just no contract pricing - no inbetween). If I'm wrong, I apologise, but I haven't heard of that before.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I called a store from one of the recepits that people have posted, and they told me that there was no way some of the pricing, nor sales have happened. I was told $500 dollars from a store that was $300.

I was also told $199 from a store that sold one for $149 and that I was reading the receipt wrong and instead of the "samsung i897" like the receipt says, it was really a 3gs 32 gb phone. Basically, I was told that I am an idiot and it wasn't really that price.

what the hell is going on?
[Captivate General] tysj:
Now I'm just more mad than anxious.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I agree. This whole pricing war is becoming insane, not to mention differen't prices for different people is not right.
[Captivate General] Panduh:
That makes a lot more sense. So I think that actually clears up everything. Stores don't sell them at different prices, you may just be eligible for an additional discount. But I will still call several places when it is out to try to pick it up for 150$
[Captivate General] madjsp:
So since my phone line is $150 a month, but i just upgraded last month, I am able to get this phone for $350 or $500?
[Captivate General] Danni3:
wait... I want to get this phone but no data plan... as an att customer already which pricing would fit me
[Captivate General] Panduh:
Honestly, I don't think think you are eligible for any of the 50 or 100$ off. Now I still haven't quite found out why some stores are charging 350 or 500 so I would simply suggest calling around.
[Captivate General] Panduh:
Well I don't think you can purchase the phone without a data plan. Maybe off contract, but if you want the 2 year agreement price, you HAVE to get a data plan. As for the 50 and 100$ off, you NEED a 2 year agreement and that means you NEED a data plan.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
every retail store I've called is selling for 500 dollars, or they do not have any pricing information yet.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] capnkalvin:
I should know better. However, I HAVE to know................I spent over a year on the Raphael boards really enjoying the endless supply of .cabs and later ROM releases. After my Fuze crashed I talked ATT into sending me a Tilt2. It seems like there remains a lot more activity on Raphael ROM development. I have noticed some of the same threads for ROM's on that board as the ones posted here. Here goes the knock the knuckleheads block off question. Are the ROM's developed for the Raph useable on the Rhodium?; And are there .cab programs that I liked for the Raph that I can use on the Rhod? With what I have found available I kinda miss my little phone.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stevedebi:
The ROMs are not useable; the Raphael would have different drivers.

Any CAB files that are applications may (or may not work). Cab files that make changes to the operating system will probably not work.